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Jul 15th, 2009, 21:27
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| Matt B  Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, England
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| Introduction from a Travel Novice Hello all... I am from London; I'm 29 years of age and have recently decided to travel round the world solo for twelve months, starting my journey in India in January 2010...  This will be my first "big trip" trip, one I hope will be a life changing experience after becoming completely disillusioned by the daily grind and, moreover, getting made redundant! Anyway, despite advice that I should perhaps be starting out gently by picking a country with sophisticated traveller infrastructure and no language barriers, the fascination with seeing a certain white marble mausoleum and the challenge of working out the complicated, but hopefully compelling Indian Train network, means that India is going to be my first step into a bigger world…  I am very excited. And slightly terrified. Matt |
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Jul 15th, 2009, 21:29
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| Still lurking  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK
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| Welcome to the very excitable and sometimes terrifying world of IM! |
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Jul 15th, 2009, 21:36
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| Matt B Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, England
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| thanks very much! fingers crossed I'll get the hang of it...  |
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Jul 15th, 2009, 21:48
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London
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| Hi Matt, Welcome to Indiamike! Congratulations for your decision to travel and choosing India as your starting point. You still got a lot of time to prepare yourself for your trip. Indiamike is an endless source of information. Sophisticated travel infrastructure? How boring! When I first started out to India also on my own I was absolutely terrified. As soon as I touched Bombay soil I felt at home and loved it. It certainly has been lifechanging.Just beware, you could catch the India travel bug, which could result in a life time affliction. |
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Jul 15th, 2009, 22:00
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pune ,Maharashtra , INDIA
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| Welcome Matt ! |
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Jul 15th, 2009, 22:01
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| Matt B Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, England
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| I can’t wait and, like you say, I do have the luxury of time to plan which is a good job seeing as I still manage to get lost in Shoreditch… ha ha! The website looks great! I have got myself a good guide books as well as “Midnights Children” by Salman Rushdie to try and get more insight so I guess I’m on my way but the country is so vast and with so much history too it’s a bit difficult to know where to begin… Part of the fun I guess! |
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Jul 15th, 2009, 22:44
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| Sair Kar Duniya Ki Galib , Jindagani Fir Kahan ...  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India
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| Have a wonderful trip and wonderful time planning that trip Matt. Welcome to Indiamike. |
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Jul 16th, 2009, 05:50
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| Kashmiri-Punjabi Sherni  Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amreeka अमरीका
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| Welcome to IM, Matt. Your trip sounds just wonderful. You are brave to start in India, but then that's part of the fun, eh Hope you have a great time in India and at your other destinations as well. |
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Jul 16th, 2009, 08:16
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| this is Brad. He's cute  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia
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| You'll be fine in India. The ones that worry me are the ones who AREN'T apprehensive. You'll have a great time, and if it's just shitful, and you can't stand another moment , you can CHANGE YOUR MIND, and go somewhere else. But you won't , you'll love it I'm sure, as we all do. Try and check out the threads on Agra, and surrounds, there are lots of other things to see as well as the Taj.
__________________ I always wanted to be someone when I grew up, I realise now that I should have been more specific. |
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Jul 16th, 2009, 15:27
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| On the Road, wherever I am  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: in the mountains of Idaho . . . now the red-rock plateau of southern Utah
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 | Half a lifetime ago, I too started my year 'round the world in India. As palerider suggested, I too would question anyone who wasn't at least a little nervous and excited, you're in good company Many fine books to be read, should you want to prepare in that way; and there is at least a thread or two on this site devoted exclusively to that. I got my first exposure to India while in college, as an Eastern Philosophy major; my first book, and one that I'm reading again now, was the Bhagavad Gita (I'm reading the Eknath Eswaran translation now, it's amazing.) Since that first trip, in '82, I've returned four more times, spent another two years there. Amazing place, touches places I didn't know I had. When packing, take more patience than you think you need, leave that third pair of pants at home, take more smiles instead. Have a Great Trip.
__________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure - Marianne Williamson |
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Jul 16th, 2009, 17:46
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| this is Brad. He's cute Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia
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India has the ability to shock beyond measure, and to delight beyond avarice. I've seen the most abject cruelty, and the most soulful nurturing in India, all in the space of 100 metres. Truly. It would have to be the only place I've been where it's a joy to watch traffic, and the travel is as important and exciting as the destination. You can take NOTHING for granted, or assume ANYTHING. It's exhilarating. | |
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